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GB · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 317 Location: Ireland

>>One day, when a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river, her
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>>thimble fell into the river. When she cried out, the Lord appeared and
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>>asked, "My dear child, why are you crying?"
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>>The seamstress replied that her thimble had fallen into the water and that
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>>she needed it to help her husband in making a living for their family.
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>>&n bsp;
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>>The Lord dipped His hand into the water and pulled up a golden thimble set
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>>with pearls.
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>>"Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked
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>>The seamstress replied, "No."
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>>The Lord again dipped into the river. He held out a silver thimble ringed
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>>with sapphires.
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>>"Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked.
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>>Again, the seamstress replied, "No."
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>>The Lord reached down again and came up with a leather thimble. "Is this
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>>your thimble?" the Lord asked.
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>>The seamstress replied, "Yes."
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>>The Lord was pleased wit h the woman's honesty and gave her all three
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>>thimbles to keep, and the seamstress went home happy.
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>>Some years later, the seamstress was walking with her husband along the
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>>riverbank, and her husband fell into the river and disappeared under the
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>>water.
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>>When she cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked her, why are you
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>>crying?"
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>>"Oh Lord, my husband has fallen into the river!"
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>>The Lord went down into the water and came up with George Clooney. "Is
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>>your husband?" the Lord asked.
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>>"Yes!" cried the seamstress.
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>>The Lord was furious. "You lied! That is an untruth!"
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>>The seamstress replied, "Oh, forgive me, my Lord it is a misunderstanding.
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>>You see, if I had said 'no' to George Clooney,
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>>you would have come up with Brad Pitt. Then if I said 'no' to him, you
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>>would have come up with my husband. Had I then said 'yes,'
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>>you would have given me all three. Lord, I'm not in the best of health and
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>>would not be able to take care of all three husbands,
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>>so THAT'S why I said 'yes' to George Clooney.
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>>And so the Lord let her keep him.
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>>The moral of this story is: Whenever a woman lies, it's for a good and
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>>honorable reason, and in the best interest of others.
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>>That's our story, and we're sticking to it.
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>>Signed,
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>>All Us Women

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